At the end of February, Inframation produced some market research in collaboration with Aztec, titled ‘The changing face of infrastructure. The report set out to identify what the key trends are in shaping the future of the infrastructure space. 

After a tough and unpredictable year, January may have been seen by many as an opportunity for a fresh start. But for seven managers it meant holding final closes on funds, while three undertook first closes and one a fund launch.

2020 ended on a strong note for private debt allocations with four institutional investors increasing asset allocation to private debt or initiating private debt and leveraged loan searches, according to board documents seen by Creditflux. On top of this, investors allocated capital to credit funds managed by ArrowMark, Banner Ridge, BBAM, HIG Whitehorse, Monroe and Rialto.

US pensions have allocated $1.4 billion across 22 credit funds including those managed by Angelo Gordon, Ares and GoldenTree.

Market players have high hopes for a busy 2021 on the secondaries front, with dry powder mounting up given the Covid-induced deals backlog. Denise Ko Genovese discusses the latest Cebile Capital secondaries report with managing partner Sunaina Sinha

The European VC market has quietly kept on building a head of steam in the past 12 months, regardless of a pandemic that otherwise threatened to cripple entire sections of the private equity industry, Unquote Data shows

Buyout activity rebounded in the third quarter as lockdown restrictions eased across Europe, according to the latest Unquote Private Equity Barometer, produced in association with Aberdeen Standard Investments.

Direct lenders aren’t just surviving, they’re thriving

Institutional investors have allocated around $2 billion to credit funds in recent weeks.

US public pension funds have disclosed $1.2 billion in commitments to credit focused strategies.